Tabla, 25 February 2011

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  • 23 1 tabla! THE HEARTBEAT OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY MICA (P) 026/03/2010 SINGAPORE, WEEKEND OF FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011 sph A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION
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  • 848 1  -  Command of English and strong analytical and creative skills see Indian numbers grow in Singapore’s ad industry PADDY RANGAPPA tabla@sph.com.sg Paddy Rangappa has been living in Singapore for 10 years and writes in his spare time, outside his marketing profession. IF ASKED which industry attracts the most
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 65 1 BIHAR BECKONS BUDDHISTS PAGE 5 WORLD CUP CRICKET GETS UNDERWAY PAGES 22 23 WIN TWO TICKETS TO A.R. RAHMAN CONCERT TURN TO PAGE 14 FOR DETAILS Get tabla! delivered to your doorstep. Call 6319-1800 or e-mail circs@sph.com.sg Catch us online at www.tabla.com.sg The best companion and ideal gift when you
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  • INDIA
    • 407 2 The Mughal Garden in Delhi’s Rashtrapati Bhavan is sparkling IT IS that time of the year visitors to Delhi get a free treat that few cities can match: The president of India throws open the gates to the magnificent Mughal Garden for a month. The garden, located
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    • 229 4 Medical, temple tours popular TAMIL Nadu has set an Indian record. The southern Indian state managed to attract more foreign tourists last year than any other state in India. According to Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation managing director A. Chittaranjan Mohandoss, the state received 23.69 lakh
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    • Article, Illustration
      307 5 It has several must-see Buddhist sites IF YOU are a keen follower of Buddhist history or one who likes to visit Buddhist sites, India is a good starting point. And within India, Bihar is where you should head to. The state has several sites with Bodhgaya being one
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • BUSINESS
    • 740 6 / 7  -  biz matters: Sat Pal Khattar PATRICK JONAS patrickj@sph. com.sg SOMETIME towards the end of next month or early April, Mr Sat Pal Khattar, his wife Reeta and younger son Arvind will travel to New Delhi where Mr Khattar will be presented the Padma Shri by
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    • biz notes
      • 37 6 / 7 INDIA’S HCL Technologies unveiled its Global Enterprise Mobility Laboratory in Singapore on Feb 15. The lab called MERLIN (Mobility Experiences Ready to Lead Business Innovation) was inaugurated by HCL’s vice-chairman and CEO Vineet Nayar.
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      • 67 6 / 7 FORTIS Global Healthcare has made good its promise that it is not going to give up on Singapore after it lost the bidding war for Parkway Holdings to Malaysian state investor Khazanah. It is acquiring a specialised cancer hospital that is under construction in the Adam Road area
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      • 41 6 / 7 FROM US$9 billion at present to US$15b in 2015. That’s what India and Malaysia want their bilateral trade to grow to. And they are confident it will happen after signing a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement on Feb 19.
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      • 93 6 / 7 DON’T have space at home for your growing wardrobe? Help is at hand. Hop on to the MRT and head for Jumbo Lockers located two minute’s walking distance from Marymount station. You can rent space not only for your wardrobe but also for your shoes at
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      • 88 6 / 7 THREE Indian airports are among the top airports of the world. New Delhi was placed fourth in the Best Airport by size 25 million to 40 million passengers category. The top two in this category are Seoul’s Incheon and Singapore’s Changi and the two airports are also
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    • 397 6 / 7  -  Ahnushka Kaur Riar IF YOU are a new Indian businessman and wondering how you can contribute to the Indian community, the Indian Business Leaders’ Roundtable (IBR) is a good platform to engage. The IBR, a new initiative, will partner the Singapore Indian Development
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    • 23 6 / 7 S I N G Rs35.47 US$0.78 A$0.77 ¤0.56 £0.48 Rs45.26 A$0.99 ¤0.72 U S £0.61 S$1.27
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    • 441 6 / 7 Small companies have reason to cheer too biz “PRO-GROWTH” and “prudent”. That was how PM Lee Hsien Loong described the Singapore Budget presented on Feb 18. Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam (below left) had unveiled a $6.6 billion benefits package for Singaporean households in his Budget
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  • Page 6 / 7 Advertisements
    • 314 6 / 7 NUS NUS Centre For the Arts 0 j National University of Singapore NUZ ARTS FESTIVAL 11 -27 MARCH 2011 www.nusartsfestival.com > V to tl I The Good, The Bad and The Sholay Checkpoint Theatre NUS Stage 25 26 Mar I 8pm I UCC Theatre I $23 $16 A personal retelling
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 355 8 / 9 SINGAPORE Press Holdings has thrown down the gauntlet... or, in this case, the golden cleaver. It has challenged Singapore’s advertising agencies to come up with their most creative and strategic ideas and take part in its new reality style contest called The
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    • 270 8 / 9  -  Paddy Rangappa DDB’S executive creative director Joji Jacobs (right) is a seasoned advertising man who came to Singapore from India 10 years ago and lives here happily with his wife and three-year-old daughter. His favourite campaign? The one DDB recently created for
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    • 833 10  -  Her course in international business fits well with her job Brought to you by MDIS AHNUSKHA KAUR RIAR tabla@sph.com.sg LANDING a full-time job at 18 wasn’t good enough for Miss Lalithaa Letchumanan. She believed very strongly in the power of a degree and, when
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    • 227 13  -  Sheela Narayanan JOO CHIAT became Singapore’s first Heritage Town as part of the National Heritage Board’s (NHB) inaugural Heritage Town Award. Presenting the award at the Joo Chiat Community Centre on Feb 19, Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lui Tuck Yew
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    • singapore news
      • 141 13 THE number of seats in the next General Elections will go up to 87 from the present 84 and there will be 27 electoral divisions. This was the recommendation of the electoral boundaries review committee which submitted its report on Feb 24. The Government has accepted it.
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      • 126 13 MAKING workers and companies more productive is the cornerstone of the Government’s new growth strategy and there will be no turning back, says Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong. Speaking at a grassroots dialogue on the new Budget, he acknowledged that companies used to relying on foreign
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      • 134 13 DRIVERS of off-peak cars (which have limited usage periods but incur less taxes) notched up an all-time high of 12,000 offences last year. That is 10 times higher than the previous year’s figure. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) revealed that most offenders were caught for using their
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    • 130 17 US$3,300 Spent by a Bangladeshi fan of Shah Rukh Khan over two days to meet the Bollywood superstar in Malacca where he is shooting 300 Politicians targeted by India’s income tax department for alleged misreporting of wealth in their yearly returns 90,000 Eggs supplied to US aircraft carrier
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    • 228 17 “The market doesn’t respect age but performance.” McKinsey Co India director Adil Zainulbhai on the expectations from CEOs these days “It’s like something out of The X-Files.” –Landscaping specialist Veera Sekaran on the extensive damage to the trees near Upper Seletar Reservoir caused by a storm on
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  • Page 8 / 9 Advertisements
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  • EDUCATION
    • 161 11 EXPATRIATES from India, China, Russia rubbed shoulders with locals on the football pitch when 43 teams played a one-day football tournament on Feb 12. The tournament was an opportunity for more than 400 people, including students, to interact with each other. The event was organised by
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    • 413 11  -  A group of local artists are using science to create a new interpretation of an Indian epic AHNUSKHA KAUR RIAR tabla@sph.com.sg WOULD you wear a dress made of fermented wine or bacteria? Perhaps not. And they seem unlikely to attract most fashionistas... wait, Lady Gaga
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    • 609 12 CAMPUS chatter from DPS International School KARAN RAZDAN, Class 9 (IGCSE) THE Ministry of Education of Singapore has been organising the International Friendship Camp (IFC) every year for the past three years with the goal of promoting friendship and understanding among participants, providing them with a unique
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    • SCHOOL SNAPSHOTS
      • 196 12 NAFISA AHMED, Class 6C WHEN my classmates and I were told we were going on a field trip to the National Museum of Singapore (below), we expected a drab and boring place with nothing new. But that was not true. The huge museum, which contains a
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      • 224 12 RAHUL DUTTA, Class 7C JAN 26 is a day when every Indian heart fills up with patriotic fervour and immense love for his or her motherland. After all, this was the day in 1930 when the Indian flag was first unfurled in Lahore by Jawaharlal
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    • 206 11 My 6 year old reads and writes with fluency, thanks to the Global Montessori Plus Programme. Ms Aarti Chidambaram Parent of Anandita Chidambaram Class 1, GIIS Balestier Campus To find out more about the Global Montessori Plus Programme or to register for a Montessori demo, please call our Admission Counsellors
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 385 14 HERE’S some great news for tabla! readers who are fans of musician A.R. Rahman... thanks to the concert organiser Base Entertainment Asia, we have a pair of tickets worth $265 each to give away to a luckytabla! reader. Rahman will be performing at the Marina Bay Sands’ The Grand Theatre
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 529 15  -  What’s that, you ask? It’s part of the National University of Singapore Arts Festival AHNUSHKA KAUR RIAR tabla@sph.com.sg CLINT Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach meet Bollywood legends Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra in The Good, The Bad And The Sholay... a com-ing-of-age
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    • 100 15 INDIAN WOK INDIAN CHINESE CUISINE WINE TO 1 4 i—; S? ft p Looking for Great food late in the night Look no further. From 16th Feb Indian Wok, Syed Alwi Road is open for dinner from 6PM 3AM. Closed on Tuesdays. Enjoy late night fine dining for the first
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  • FOOD
    • 444 16  -  If you’re looking for a bite well past the witching hour, head to Indian Wok AHNUSHKA KAUR RIAR tabla@sph.com.sg CALL ME a Chindian virgin. I like Indian food and I like Chinese food, but I wasn’t too sure if I liked them together in one dish.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 167 16 BULLY KBMIOM Presenting the much awaited... BollywooD Bling (Ladies Only) Beginners class Every Tue 6:45pm 7:35pm. Starting 8th March. $180 for 8 classes. A unique class that explores the sensuality in Bollywood dance. Learn how Bollywood dancers exude grace and elegance from their fingertips to their toes. The hip shaking
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • RELAX
    • Article, Illustration
      526 18 / 19 CONTEMPORARY MUSIC Musicians Sam Bedi and Govin Tan will be mashing up Bollywood hits with Western numbers in their concert Bollywood ReDefined. Tickets: $35 When: Feb 26, 7.30pm Where: Recital Studio, Esplanade Contact: 8352-5801 or e-mail bollywoodredefined@live.com.sg ART EXHIBITION The Narrator, The Protagonist The Other is an exhibition
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    • 70 18 / 19 INDIAN FASHION Designer Malini Ramani’s first show in Singapore includes her Resort and Party collections. On show will be luxurious drapes in juicy colours, tribal-inspired jackets, jumpsuits, kaftans and more. Part of the proceeds will be donated to the Tsao Foundation and the Northlight Equal-Ark
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  • Page 18 / 19 Advertisements
    • 296 18 / 19 Abacus-based Whole Brain Development Program Seeks lady instructors with a zest for teaching, good communication skills and willing to undergo fee-based training. Work part-time weekends and be gainfully occupied. For program details: www.sipbrainpower.sg Contact vishwesh@sipbrainpower.sg/ sandhya@sipbrainpower.sg Call +65 9101 8487 +65-9424 4953 Training in the first week of March. Singaporeans/SPR
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  • Page 18 / 19 Miscellaneous
    • 211 18 / 19 FUTURE SPEAKS KAMAL KAPOOR Aries Avoid taking decisions in a hurry. Avoid investing in shares or any speculation. Taurus Be extra careful this week, especially with expenditure. Do not purchase a new vehicle or property. Gemini Health problems are possible. Speculation could cause a loss. Postpone new projects. Cancer Your
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    • 336 18 / 19 CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Health retreats 5 “Ditto” in footnotes 9 Hit the showers 14 Basic speech part 15 borrower ___lender be” 16 Figures in geometry 17 Voice in a chorus 18 Clenched hand 19 Gets closer 20 Emulates a firefly 23 Chunk in the Arctic Ocean 24 Zero, in soccer
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    • 250 18 / 19 QUIZ DEREK O’BRIEN 1. In the human body, what is the clavicle? a) Collarbone b) Shoulder blade c) Lower arm 2. In 1895, which outdoor game was invented by William G. Morgan? a) Basketball b) Hockey c) Volleyball 3. Who was the first sovereign of the United Kingdom to live
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    • 91 18 / 19 SUDOKU The objective is to place the digits 1 to 9 only, once in each of the small 3x3 squares. At the same time, you must create a row of unique digits going across and down over the large grid. DID YOU KNOW The value of “pi” was first calculated
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  • SPORTS
    • 208 21 THE Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket competition is getting two new teams this year: Kochi and Pune. And the former the team is called the Indi Commandos have started gearing up with a theme song. Helming the shoot for the song’s video is film-maker
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    • WORLD CUP SPECIAL
      • 1010 22 / 23  -  Here’s a look at the World Cup scoreboard... with a twist HEMANT KENKRE in Mumbai tabla@sph.com.sg AS THE buzz of the World Cup opening ceremony settled, noted cricket journalist Chimanbhai Kutwalla he is also known in cricket circles as “CK”, not after Col Nayudu but Cricket
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      • 211 22 / 23  -  tabla! moment picks the turning point of the week’s action DR K.N. RAGHAVAN PITCH short or try to bounce him, Virender Sehwag does not blink. More often than not, he upper cuts it to the point boundary or sends it high over third man to the ropes. But
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      • Article, Illustration
        796 22 / 23  -  Teams at this World Cup are choosing to keep wickets in hand and score at the end of the innings columnstar HARSHA BHOGLE tabla@sph.com.sg IT IS still early days at this World Cup, and there will be phases when it will seem pretty tedious, but already a few
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      • 73 22 / 23 GROUP A Feb 25: Australia v New Zealand (Nagpur) Feb 26: Sri Lanka v Pakistan (Colombo) Feb 28: Canada v Zimbabwe (Nagpur) March 1: Sri Lanka v Kenya (Colombo) March 3: Canada v Pakistan (Colombo) GROUP B Feb 25: Bangladesh v Ireland (Dhaka) Feb 27: India
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 54 21 SOLUTIONS 1. Collarbone 2. Volleyball 3. Queen Victoria 4. Pirates Of The Caribbean 5. Insects 6. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 7. Vatican City 8. Croissant 9. Nestor 10. Africa crossword sudoku Last week we printed the wrong Sudoku results. We apologise for the error and bring you the
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